"It seems to me that today if the artist wishes to be serious... he must once more sink himself in solitude."

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Source : Trewin Copplestone, Edgar Degas (1998). “Edgar Degas”, Gramercy Books

Edgar Degas

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“There are still people who insist that we have to preach on repentance. Well, I disagree! I think we should do it Godâ€™s way â€“ preach the goodness of God and allow the goodness of God to lead people to repentance. Such repentance will be true repentance. It will not be motivated by the fear of judgment and indignation. It will be a genuine repentance that is motivated by His grace, unconditional love and compassion. After all, our ability to love God stems from our first tasting His love for us.”
“The game is an analogy for life: there are not enough chairs or good times to go around, not enough food, not enough joy, nor beds nor jobs nor laughs nor friends nor smiles nor money nor clean air to breathe...and yet the music goes on.”

Source : Steve Toltz (2008). “A Fraction of the Whole”, p.37, Spiegel & Grau
“If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga.”
“You could say one wine is like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz while another is like the mature Judy Garland, or that a big voluptuous chardonnay is like Marilyn Monroe -round, bosomy - you can remember that chardonnay, If you say a wine is snappy and lively, like Robin Williams, that's very different than the Anthony Hopkins of wine - urbane, sophisticated, measured, considered.”

Source : "Wine varietals: A glossary". www.cnn.com.
“Hillary Clinton is the one you would think would have some kind of political conscience - the good Methodist, the feminist, the crusader against political corruption. But apparently, she doesn't. For her, it's all about entitlement and power.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“Wit has as few true judges as painting.”
“Why westerns get segregated into a genre in Hollywood, I don't know... It's just good entertainment.”
“My history in show business spans over a quarter of a century, and I have seen many people in the industry struggle with coming out, only to find much more success after they finally did.”

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